(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are looking for two teens they believe robbed one man and shot other.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold says nothing should be off the table when it comes to saving the Great Lakes, even closing the St. Lawrence Seaway to oceangoing ships.
(2008/07/20)
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Wauwatosa police are looking for a driver who struck two 17-year-old girls, seriously injuring one of them.
(2008/07/20)
YORKVILLE, Wis. (AP) — More than 800 acres once used for duck farming in Racine County are about to go on the auction block.
(2008/07/20)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay wildlife sanctuary will soon have two otter pups on exhibit.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — National forest planners may close more than half of the roads in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to cars and other motorized vehicles.
(2008/07/20)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Dalai Lama is making his seventh visit to Madison, a six-day trip that begins with a public talk Saturday afternoon.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin farmers are planting and producing more winter wheat this year as prices continue to rise.
(2008/07/20)
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — A married Texas software consultant who traveled to Wisconsin to have sex with a teen he met over the Internet has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two major cranberry companies are pushing Wisconsin farmers to grow more, but they say that can’t happen unless the state speeds the permit process.
(2008/07/20)
AMBERG, Wis. (AP) — The victim of a car-tanker truck crash was identified Saturday as a Michigan man.
(2008/07/20)
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Anyone who’s enjoyed an ice cream bar or Popsicle on a warm summer day likely used a product of Solon Manufacturing in Rhinelander.
(2008/07/20)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Lumberjacks from around the world will soon be gathering in northwestern Wisconsin for their annual international competition.
(2008/07/20)
SHOREWOOD, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of suburban Milwaukee residents have a new way to carry items home from the store.
(2008/07/20)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A 15-month-old girl has drowned in her family’s swimming pool in Fond du Lac County.
(2008/07/20)
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (AP) — They lost their daughter to murder and now have lost most of their mementos of the 25-year-old woman in a fire that destroyed their home.
(2008/07/19)
MADISON (AP) — Multiple confessions and a DNA match were enough for a judge to order a college dropout to stand trial Friday in a murder that left Wisconsin’s capital city on edge for weeks.
(2008/07/19)
MADISON (AP) — A former top state Justice Department investigator has filed a complaint saying her bosses demoted her because she questioned using state agents to protect Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen at the Republican National Convention.
(2008/07/19)
PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forest planners want to close motorized access to more than half of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
(2008/07/19)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A man who won a new trial in the death of his 2-year-old stepson received a prison sentence five years longer than his original one Friday.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Humane Society says it will buy and close one of the largest dog breeding facilities in the nation.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Just hours after a convicted robber finished his sentence and was released from the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, he hopped a Greyhound bus to Milwaukee and robbed another bank, authorities said.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Manpower Inc. reported a 33 percent drop in second-quarter profit Friday due to a hefty legal reserve, but adjusted results topped Wall Street expectations.
(2008/07/19)
AMBERG, Wis. (AP) — Residents of a Marinette County community were told to stay in their homes and take precautions Friday after a car collided with a tanker truck believed to be carrying methanol, killing the motorist.
(2008/07/19)
WALDO, Wis. (AP) — About 150 anarchists from the United States and Canada are in Wisconsin this week training for demonstrations at the Democratic and Republican conventions.
(2008/07/19)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Court officials said the trial of a teenager charged with killing his sister has been moved to Bismarck.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee police sergeant tried to prevent the suicide of an off-duty officer by shooting him in the leg.
(2008/07/19)
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Northern Wisconsin residents are getting a new alternative when it comes to transportation.
(2008/07/19)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former lawmaker John Ford was convicted Friday on public corruption charges for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Tennessee Senate.
(2008/07/18)
Storm systems bearing down on Wisconsin prompted a warning Thursday night that they could bring trouble for areas still recovering from last month’s severe flooding.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — An Illinois woman faces at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to doping her 6-year-old twin girls with cough syrup and taking nude pictures of them with her boyfriend.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — Animal rights activists’ plans to build a first-of-its-kind museum protesting animal research between two University of Wisconsin primate labs received a major blow Thursday from a Wisconsin appeals court.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — MGIC Investment Corp., the nation’s largest mortgage insurer, said Thursday it lost nearly $100 million in the previous quarter, but its shares soared almost 40 percent amid optimism over its long-term outlook.
(2008/07/18)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics over referrals by North Dakota government agencies to a church-affiliated nonprofit that treats and educates troubled children.
(2008/07/18)
NEW YORK (AP) — Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell sharply as a weak economy, record-high gas prices and lower consumer confidence continued to hobble the iconic motorcycle maker’s shipments and sales.
(2008/07/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Private planes flying into the Twin Cities will have to get special permission the week of the Republican National Convention and they’ll have to contend with restricted airspace.
(2008/07/18)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Seven congressional candidates from across the country visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this week, hoping the unusual campaign stop would draw support from voters battered by high fuel prices and a lethargic economy.
(2008/07/18)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A judge has granted a four-month delay in the trial of a Wausau man accused of beating and strangling a woman to death in 1999.
(2008/07/18)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A Hmong immigrant who now lives in Stevens Point has written a book to help educate children about Hmong culture.
(2008/07/18)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sales of heating and cooling equipment are getting a boost from greater demand for energy efficient systems, as people try to trim utility bills amid soaring fuel costs.
(2008/07/18)
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automotive systems, said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 11 percent on a jump in sales at its building efficiency division.
(2008/07/18)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Nevada and Wisconsin say DNA tests prove that a toddler found during an arrest of an adult in Green Bay in April isn't a child reported missing in the Las Vegas area.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Public Museum workers will personally benefit from the success of the recent "Body Worlds" exhibit.
(2008/07/18)
ELEVA, Wis. (AP) — Carlene and Duane Schultz decided to use Brett Favre's image in their corn maze after he announced his retirement in the spring.
(2008/07/18)
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois woman and her son-in-law have discovered thousands of dollars hidden after a 2004 bank robbery in Wisconsin.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — If Gov. Jim Doyle ever has a tough science question, he doesn't have to go far for the answer.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee-based television production company has received an Emmy nomination.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON — Three incumbent legislators survived challenges to their nomination papers Wednesday.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON — A couple’s homeowner’s policy does not cover alleged negligence by the wife for not preventing her husband from sexually abusing a child, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON — A lawsuit brought against two Roman Catholic dioceses by five men sexually abused by a Catholic school teacher was dismissed Wednesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
(2008/07/17)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has approved an $18.2 million settlement from the government for a Milwaukee family whose daughter suffered brain damage during birth at a federally funded clinic.
(2008/07/17)
MILWAUKEE — Seeing movie star Johnny Depp was enough of a reward for many. But the movie “Public Enemies” also provided millions of dollars for the state’s economy at a time communities greatly needed it.
(2008/07/17)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, said a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON — Wisconsin’s Commerce Secretary Jack Fischer announced his resignation Wednesday, just 10 days after a newspaper reported he billed taxpayers for more than $21,000 on international trips over a short period.
(2008/07/17)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a mini-replay of early June, severe weather across parts of Wisconsin on Wednesday produced a tornado near Sheboygan, severe winds that knocked down trees and power lines and heavy downpours that raised the threat of flooding.
(2008/07/17)
ST. LOUIS — Debbie Halcomb unpacked boxes and worried that her damp carpet harbored mold as she moved back into her flood-damaged home on Wednesday.
(2008/07/17)
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Middleton has become the latest Wisconsin municipality to ban workplace smoking.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON (AP) — Madison police are investigating another homicide in a South Side neighborhood that's been riddled with violence, drug dealing and prostitution.
(2008/07/17)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A pizza-delivery driver accused of shooting a man with a BB gun in retaliation for a taunt has been charged with two felony counts of recklessly endangering safety.
(2008/07/17)
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — The St. Croix County sheriff said the deaths of two brothers in May involved drugs.
(2008/07/17)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Chicago man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for raping a woman and three girls in Milwaukee.
(2008/07/17)
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) — Her license plate said it all.
(2008/07/17)
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — Two Ashland High School golf coaches have been dismissed after they were accused of leaving their team unchaperoned in a hotel while they went out drinking.
(2008/07/17)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Parents of a soldier from South Dakota have confirmed their son was killed in Iraq.
(2008/07/17)
MADISON (AP) — A new state initiative coordinates volunteers to help with emergencies such as this year's flooding.
(2008/07/17)
HOLLAND, Wis. (AP) — Rising fuel prices have farmers worrying about efficiency just like everyone else.
(2008/07/16)
DEE-ANN DURBIN | Associated Press DETROIT — General Motors Corp., struggling to survive, will slash jobs, cut production, sell assets and suspend its dividend for the first time in 86 years as it tries to ride out an unprecedented collapse of its core U.S. market.
(2008/07/16)
MADISON (AP) — It doesn’t appear likely that Wisconsin will recoup most of the $10 million awarded to General Motors for worker training and other improvements at its Janesville plant.
(2008/07/16)
MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — Three college students who died in a house fire in April had blood-alcohol levels from two to almost four times the legal limit in Wisconsin drunken driving cases, authorities said Tuesday.
(2008/07/16)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The new MillerCoors joint venture will be based in downtown Chicago, company officials said Tuesday, opting for a neutral site over the home city of either individual brewer.
(2008/07/16)
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The United States will have trouble competing in the world economy if it doesn’t spend what’s needed to maintain a first-class highway system, according to a member of a national commission that studied transportation funding.
(2008/07/16)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has refused to stay a civil lawsuit claiming the Green Bay Roman Catholic Diocese knowingly gave a priest with a history of abusing children unsupervised access to two brothers he molested in the late 1970s.
(2008/07/16)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of pounds of household garbage has washed onto Lake Michigan shores in the past couple of days, leading to an investigation by the Coast Guard and the temporary closure of a public beach.
(2008/07/16)
TOWN OF HOLLAND, Wis. (AP) — A Brown County parks employee has been killed in a tractor rollover while mowing along the Fox River State Recreational Trail in northeast Wisconsin.
(2008/07/16)
MADISON (AP) — Madison police are investigating whether a Saratoga man accused of kidnapping two young men is connected to a college student's unsolved murder.
(2008/07/16)
MADISON (AP) — The board that governs elections in Wisconsin said a state Senate candidate was wrong to hand out $128 at a recent campaign event.
(2008/07/16)
MADISON (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court said a sheriff's deputy acted legally when he searched a suspect and found heroin in his pockets.
(2008/07/16)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 37-year-old Milwaukee man has been convicted of homicide, kidnapping and drug dealing in a case involving a group known as the Body Snatchers.
(2008/07/16)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police now have the help of billboards showing the photos of two suspects connected to a July 4 shooting that killed four people and injured two.
(2008/07/16)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A former Eau Claire County district attorney accused of identity theft and forgery wants a different judge to hear his case.
(2008/07/16)
PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin paper mill has won a $30 million federal grant to help construct and operate a biorefinery to make ethanol and biodiesel from wood products.
(2008/07/16)
MADISON (AP) — Alliant Energy Corp. has lowered its earnings outlook, blaming last month's flooding in Iowa for lost sales and heavy cleanup costs.
(2008/07/16)
SHOREWOOD, Wis. (AP) — A conservation group plans to hand out free reusable shopping bags to every home in the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood on Saturday.
(2008/07/16)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Federal Aviation Administration officials have unveiled a new, taller tower at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
(2008/07/16)
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Canadian couple who saved a uniquely marked pig from the butcher hope she will end up at the happiest place on earth.
(2008/07/15)
MILWAUKEE — A 25-year-old man shot into a crowd on the Fourth of July — killing two gang members and two innocent bystanders — as revenge because gang members had beaten him and taken his watch, according to a criminal complaint charging three men.
(2008/07/15)
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — A 21-year-old man who police say was abducted and sexually assaulted at the home of a paper-mill worker credits his family’s love for helping him survive the ordeal.
(2008/07/15)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Midwest Airlines said Monday it will reduce its work force by 1,200 people as it grounds its 12 MD-80s.
(2008/07/15)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A woman accused of planting a dead rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion.
(2008/07/15)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay pizza crust maker will pay $188,000 to Hispanic job applicants to resolve a discrimination case.
(2008/07/15)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A former surgeon pleaded not guilty Monday in a highway crash that killed a pregnant woman, her daughter and injured two other children in Waukesha County.
(2008/07/15)
PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A boy is dead and his sister in critical condition after the vehicle they were riding in collided with a dump truck, Milwaukee-area officials said.
(2008/07/15)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Eau Claire County paid about $1 million for nine houses in order to clear the land for a new jail and parking lot.
(2008/07/15)
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — A 23-year-old Brownsville man has been sentenced to one year in jail for a drunken-driving crash last year that injured four people.
(2008/07/15)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — More than 500 Fond du Lac residents are still waiting for mail that was soaked by last month's floodwaters.
(2008/07/15)
MADISON (AP) — Democrats in the state Assembly said they'll welcome former Republican Jeff Wood with a committee leadership post if they win the majority this fall.
(2008/07/14)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A second man faces charges stemming from the 2006 drug-overdose death of a Chippewa Falls woman.
(2008/07/14)
LADYSMITH, Wis. (AP) — Vehicles hitting bear are a growing problem in at least one northern Wisconsin county.
(2008/07/14)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man has been charged for his alleged role in a shooting that left four people dead and two injured.
(2008/07/14)
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — Wood County authorities say the pilot of a crop-dusting helicopter crashed after a bee got sucked into the cockpit and stung him.
(2008/07/14)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. is due to release its earnings this week.
(2008/07/14)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Potential abuses in Wisconsin state employees working overtime will be examined by a legislative committee this week.
(2008/07/14)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — Shawano city officials are looking into a plan that might help them convert landfill gases into a source of vehicle fuel.
(2008/07/14)
PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) — A Fond du Lac County teenager with a form of autism has been found, after he apparently wandered about 20 miles from home.
(2008/07/13)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Appleton police have arrested a woman for allegedly bringing a rat into an upscale restaurant, claiming it was in her meal and then seeking $500,000 to keep quiet.
(2008/07/13)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Police say an Appleton man who was trying to clear debris from a highway has died after he was hit by a vehicle.
(2008/07/13)
PARDEEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A former Pardeeville man accused of being a deadbeat dad for five years has been arrested after he came back to town for his mother’s funeral.
(2008/07/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Torah scroll valued at about $30,000 reported stolen from a St. Louis-area synagogue is one of a handful of Torah scrolls stolen in the past year in the United States, mystifying police and the Jewish community.
(2008/07/13)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dane County authorities say a man has been found dead in a home that was destroyed by a fire.
(2008/07/13)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Utility crews have restored power to a Sheboygan neighborhood, where a driver knocked down a utility pole when he swerved to avoid a raccoon.
(2008/07/13)
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A teen formerly of Janesville whose drunken-driving crash left a friend dead has been sentenced to one year in jail.
(2008/07/13)
SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay man who helped an acquaintance attack and rob her grandmother has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
(2008/07/13)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — An Appleton man convicted of charges stemming from an alleged cockfighting operation has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.
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